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Fishing Lake Fork, Texas
Tom Redington
June 12, 2005
Lake Fork - Freshwater Fishing Report
Lake Fork Report
Patrick Veltman of BassFan caught a number of fish into the 7 lb range, including these two lunkers.
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Lake Fork continues to crank out lunkers, with a 13+, 12+, and a number of other double-digit bass being reported this week. Bass remain spread all over the lake from the shallows to deep water. However, this week had more sunshine and less wind, so the top patterns changed slightly from the prior week.
Fork’s water level dropped slowly this week to 402.26’, about 9” below full pool. The water remains very clear, even in most of the upper ends of the lake and it’s especially clear in weedy areas. Water temps are up a few degrees, with the main lake holding around 82 to 84 degrees.
Structures with deep water nearby like main lake points, secondary points, and creek channels have been the key locations again this week. Look for structure that is situated between good spawning coves and deep summertime locations. We are still catching some good fish way back in spawning coves, provided there is deep-water access nearby. Areas with grass cover typically have bass relating shallow to the grass (3’ to 12’), while in areas devoid of grass cover the bass are a little deeper and often suspended in the timber (8’ to 15’).
Based on the current conditions, following are the baits that have been working best for us this week. Topwater fishing has produced 10 or more bites in the first hour of almost every day. For fast action, we’ve been staying with the topwaters until the sun gets bright or the clouds go away. In calm areas, use a shad colored popper and let it sit for long pauses. In windier areas, “walking the dog” with Zara Spooks or slow rolling chartreuse and white buzzbaits have produced some bigger fish. Once the sun gets up, ½ oz chartreuse and white double willow spinnerbaits and ½ oz shad colored lipless crankbaits have worked well over windblown grass points. In addition, ½ oz black/brown/amber jigs with watermelon trailers have produced some big fish. Pitch the jig to stumps along the edge of the grass and hop it a few times before pitching to the next one. Out deeper, deep diving cranks like a DD 22 in shad colors remain my most productive bait. We are fishing the crankbait two ways, both with 10 lb line. First, banging it along the bottom on humps and points that top out at 10’ to 18’ is a great way to locate schools of fish. Secondly, fishing the deep divers through fish suspended down 10’ to 20’ in submerged treetops or chasing schools of bait in open water has produced our biggest fish. Finally, the deep bite started to pick up a little last week. Carolina rigged Lake Fork Baby Ring Frys in watermelon candy are catching bass in 18’ to 28’ on humps and ridges where we’ve graphed schools of bass on the bottom. For fish suspended off the bottom, drop shotting Baby Ring Frys in watermelon has produced numbers of smaller bass.
Here’s hoping you catch the lunker of your dreams. If I can be of assistance, please contact me at 214-683-9572 (days) or 972-635-6027 (evenings) or e-mail me through http://www.lakeforkguidetrips.com where your satisfaction is guaranteed.
Good Fishing,
Tom
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